Ministry of Defence
Domestic Defence Production Ecosystem
As part of the recommendations of the Sectoral Group of Secretaries-10 , Department of Defence Production  has adopted a Vision and Action Plan 2019-2024 to enhance self-reliance and technologies, leveraging ‘Make in India’ and maximize the untapped employment and economic potential of the Defence Sector.
The details of action taken by the Government are as follows:-
- The Government is focusing on development of suitable human resource pool to support indigenization of the science intensive industry like special technology universities and special departments within existing universities.
- The R&D Infrastructure Schemes such as Sophisticated Analytical and Technical Help Institutes  and Promotion of University Research in Scientific Excellence  are open to start ups and manufacturing industries along with the researchers/scientists of academic organizations including development of suitable human resource pool to support indigenization of the science intensive industry like special technology universities and special departments within existing universities.
- Under the SATHI scheme, dedicated manpower will be made available to help with the data collection, interpretation and dissemination of the information. The aims of this scheme are:  procurement and maintenance of high-end equipment and infrastructure facility necessary for research/testing/manufacturing/fabrication to cater to the demands of researchers, scientists, students, start-ups, manufacturing units, industries and R&D Labs;  Providing access and sharing of scientific equipment and infrastructure;  Capacity Building of operators and technicians for efficient operations and interpretations of results/outcome; and  Monitoring of usage of expensive scientific research infrastructure for maximum utilization of Infrastructure Management with efficient operations and to be a part of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’ . Currently, three SATHI Centres have been established at IIT Delhi, BHU Varanasi and IIT Kharagpur.
- The PURSE program is an on-going scheme exclusively for the University Sector being implemented by R&D Infrastructure Division of Department of Science & Technology since 2009. This program has broadened and created excellence in the R&D base around the performing Universities in India. The synergy and focus of research under this scheme may preferably be aligned to National Missions/priorities. The broad objective in each case is to support potentially high impact, interdisciplinary research  aligned to National Priorities/Missions. Currently, 54 Universities have been identified for support under the PURSE Program.
- In addition, Department of Defence Production through Innovations for Defence Excellence  framework aims to achieve self-reliance and foster innovation and technology development in Defence and Aerospace by engaging industries including MSMEs, start-ups, individual innovators, R&D institutes and academia. iDEX has forged strategic partnerships with premier institutions of the country such as IIT Madras, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IISc Bangalore, T-Hub, IIIT Hyderabad, IIT Hyderabad, IIM Ahmedabad, Forge Coimbatore and Maker Village, Kerala. These Partner Incubators help discover, explore and support startups/MSMEs and develop human resource pool to support indigenization of the science intensive industry.
This information was tabled in a written reply by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Shripad Naik to a question asked by Dr Arvind Kumar Sharma in Lok Sabha today.
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